Category Archives: Latest News
Brand New Online Safety App
At Hillside, we take advice from National Online Safety to ensure all children are using technology safely. Recently, National Online Safety have released a new app for parents. It is a comprehensive collection of online safety guides and free online safety courses. It does require you to sign up but this is free to do. […]
QR Code Maths in Year Two
The children in year two have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes. In maths, they had to move around the room and collect the 2D shapes and their properties on their answer sheet. They checked their answers by scanning QR codes using the iPads. Well done everyone!
Fun in the sun! ☀️
How lovely that our children are out on our school field this afternoon enjoying the sunshine ☀️ and having lots of fun with their friends.
Autism Awareness Week 2021
At Hillside, we have been learning more about autism as part of Autism Awareness Week. Our school motto is developing the individual and we have been talking about how our differences help to make us special and unique! We have shared stories, thought about how we can help our friends and especially those who have autism in […]
Year 3- YOU ROCK!
Well… what can we say about our incredible Year 3 class? Last week they embarked on one of the greatest challenges of their life…the city wide ‘Times Table Rock Stars’ championship. They played tirelessly for four days against schools from across Stoke on Trent and the children deserve to be commended for their determination and […]
Material Poems in Year Two
Year Two have been looking at the poem Woolly Saucepan by Michael Rosen. The children have created their own versions this week as part of their materials work in Science. They first chose an object and its material. Then they mixed them up to create super poems. Well done!
Headteacher’s Awards – Friday 26th March 2021
Congratulations to the children who received a Headteacher’s Award today. You have all displayed our school values and impressed your class teacher – well done! You are all superstars. 🌟
Online Safety
We have been made aware that children at Hillside may be using an App called Discord. This is an App that staff at Hillside are not too familiar with so we have carried out some research to ensure that we can offer the best advice and support to parents and can discuss any potential dangers […]
Nursery’s Wonderful Week
The children in Nursery have had a fantastic week, they have been reading the story Jack and the Beanstalk and enjoyed lots of exciting activities including retelling the story, creating beanstalk pictures, building beanstalks and even planting our own magic beans! We took our learning into the woods and practised carrying sticks, big and small, […]